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Captain Neil Steyl and his wife, Lizanne, with the mercy-flight Boeing 727, nicknamed “Irene”, in the background. The couple both work for Safe Air Company in Nairobi.

Meet the daring South African pilot who saved displaced Afghan people

Captain Neil Steyl, from Cape Town, and his crew from Safe Air Company have been based at Kulob for a month, assisting the Americans with evacuating both people and equipment.

Exclusive: The US military’s plans to cement its network of African bases

Formerly classified documents reveal an ambitious $330-million project to upgrade US military bases in Africa

Nanosatellites are relatively small

‘Aliens’ could be our non-Earth relatives

A change in perspective of how we view other beings could help the human race

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Worst military sex scandal in 16 years hits US Air Force

Charges being brought against US Air Force sergeants include attempting to have a sexual relationship with a recruit, adultery and sexual assault.

Al-Jazeera cameraman returns from Guantánamo

A Sudanese cameraman with the al-Jazeera on Friday accused United States authorities of insulting Islamic symbols on his return home after six years of detention at Guantánamo…

US sent nuclear missile fuses to Taiwan in error

The Pentagon mistakenly shipped four electrical fuses for Minuteman nuclear missiles to Taiwan, officials said on Tuesday. The Taiwan shipment could have had international…

France says EADS deal reflects better US ties

Europe’s European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) won its share of a huge contract to build aerial tankers for the United States thanks in part to improved…

World’s lawless areas are terror havens, says report

Dotted throughout the world are ”ungoverned territories” outside the control of the states in which they lie and which provide havens for extremists, according to a United States…